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| author | Shay Drory <shayd@nvidia.com> | 2026-09-23 13:38:18 +0300 |
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| committer | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2026-09-28 17:17:12 -0700 |
| commit | cfda5de640534855cc0a602f0eeb91a7e0c75764 (patch) | |
| tree | 0df3a179fb9c6b26f5f2f28415b0f0846d6c2b89 /tools/lib/python/kdoc/python_version.py | |
| parent | a782aaf8365cc65f005ebc2d30536b7ca4355c5e (diff) | |
net/mlx5e: Assign a random MAC to any netdev with a zero MAC address
mlx5e_set_netdev_dev_addr() falls back to a random MAC only when the
queried address is all-zeros AND the device is not a vport group
manager. A vport group manager that comes up with a zero MAC is
therefore left with an invalid all-zero address.
The vport_group_manager exception is unnecessary: a zero MAC is always
invalid, regardless of device type. Drop the condition and assign a
random MAC whenever the queried address is zero, so every netdev comes
up with a valid address.
Signed-off-by: Shay Drory <shayd@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Akiva Goldberger <agoldberger@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260923103830.1183-2-tariqt@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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